rami ruhayem, bbc news, hamam al—alil, south of mosul. stay with us on bbc news.made it big in america. yuna tells us why fame does not mean compromising on your identity. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards and it was a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb on a remote pacific atoll. the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier and so my heart went bang and bang. the constitutional rights of these marchers have their rights as citizens of the united states and they should be protected even in the right to test them out so they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much about it, but does it worry you it's going to boil up when you get to the stage? well, it worries me, yeah. i hope everything will be all right at the end of the day. this is bbc news. i'm be

rami ruhayem, bbc news, hamam al—alil, south of mosul.al has recovered and there has been at least one positive outcome from the disaster. some of the heavily polluting brick kiln factories have been rebuilt with green technology. residents nearby 110w green technology. residents nearby now enjoy cleaner air. many of the noxious gasses contaminating the air hearing kathmandu came from these chimneys. they belong to the traditional brick kilns factories. black, thick toxic smoke belches out throughout the working day. the earthquake of 2015 destroyed almost all of the 100 factories in kathmandu. many were rebuilt using the same old outdated methods. but ten have been redesigned using cleaner technology. as you can see, white and slightly grey smoke coming out of the chimney. before it used to spew out sick black smoke. the changes because coal in the southern is now burnt more efficiently through enhanced airflow. as a result, less polluting particles are now coming out about chimney. the camps, datsun 01’ out about chimney. the camps, dat

the hamam al—alil refugee camp, just south of mosul, is approaching maximum capacity.es there. the people of mosul endure yet another round of fighting between iraqi government forces and so—called islamic state. many remain trapped within the city. others decided to flee. exhausted and hungry, they arrive in droves. in just two hours, we saw more than five busloads of people arriving here in hamam al—alil, the camp for the internally displaced. children, bewildered and scared, many far too young to even understand. translation: isis were firing at us. most of the women died. we were alljust running and running, the mortars raining on our heads, til we got to the army. some were grateful for the army's help, but these men said their homes were hit by army shelling. almost everyone had to walk through the battlefield, risking their lives, before finally reaching safety and getting on one of these buses. after a long and dangerousjourney, on foot and under fire from all sides, the refugees from western mosul arrive here at this camp in hamam al—alil. they have escaped wi

rami ruhayem, bbc news, hamam al—alil, south of mosul.rse, leading with the national‘s people congress, now in its second day. that's president xi jinping leading the way. the paper outlines the economic targets set by the government, 6.5% growth and 11 million jobs to be created. the new york times is featuring the desperate situation in south sudan. the un has formally declared a famine in parts of the country. and the financial times world edition are headlining, with the latest on the french presidential election race. their main image shows france's centre—right candidate, francois fillon, at a rally in an attempt to save his campaign amidstan impending criminal investigation. from headlines, we move on now to fashion. fashionistas from india and pakistan came together on a catwalk in london this weekend. but it wasn't just about showcasing their latest designs. the event was held to show solidarity between the two countries, in a year that marks the 70th anniversary of their independence. shabnam mahmood reports. a fashion show with

rami ruhayem, bbc news, hamam al—alil, south of mosul. pollution linked to thousands of deaths each year the high court has ordered ministers to come up with urgent solutions. in the first of a series of reports this week looking at ways to improve the air we breathe, here's our science editor, david shukman. the congested streets of leicester, a city with typical levels of pollution. if the traffic is stuck and engines are idling, the air rapidly becomes less healthy. it is extra busy for you on cambridge road. temporary lights... so, like in many places, a local radio warns ofjams. a control centre keeps watch. instruments on key streets monitor where there is potentially harmful air, and knowing it, helps to programme the traffic lights to keep the roads moving. this information we are now getting is really highlighting where the real pollution, the potentially harmful health effects, may be in our city. one of the things we could do, for example, is to improve our transport systems so that our congested traffic is not queued up outsid

rami ruhayem, bbc news, hamam al—alil, south of mosul. redcar and raped by two men. detectives say the woman was with her toddler when she and the child were forced into the back of a car by the men. she was raped in yearby off the a174. later they were dumped on kirkleatham lane. the police are appealing for information. a service will be held today in belgium as part of events to mark the thirtieth anniversary of the zeebrugge disaster, in which almost 200 people lost their lives. the herald of free enterprise ferry was bound for dover when it capsized just 100 yards off shore, after water flooded in through an open door. the energy company sse has apologised after some customers were quoted tens of thousands of pounds for a day's gas and electricity. the error was caused by malfunctioning smart meters hugely overestimating the amount of energy usage. the company has said an investigation is underway, but that no customers will be overcharged. china's economy is predicted to slow again this year, according to the country's premier li ke

just two hours we sought more than five bus—loads of people arriving here at hamam al alil, they can displaced. children, bewildered and scared. many far too young to even understand. isis were firing at us, most of the women died. we were all just running and running. the mortars raining on our heads. until we got to the army. some were grateful for the army help, but these men said their homes were hit by army shelling. almost everyone had to walk through the battlefield, risking their lives before finally reaching 70 and getting on one of these buses. after a long and dangerous journey on foot and under fire from all sides, the refugees from western mosul arrived here at hamam al alil. they have escaped with their lives but their misery is not yet over. and they keep coming, thousands each day, too many for authorities to cope with.", another temporary camp, more people seeking refugees —— refuge. the authorities can hardly keep up with such an unrelenting flow. some are back on the bus again, heading to the camps across the region. they have little idea when they will go back to

rami ruhayem, bbc news, hamam al—alil, south of mosul.lor, phillip hammond, has set the tone for this week's budget by dismissing calls to increase government borrowing. president trump has been urged to back up his allegation that his predecessor, barack obama, ordered his phones to be tapped during the election campaign. a rally for the french conservative francois fillon is getting underway in paris, in a last—ditch attempt to show that an impending criminal investigation won't derail his presidential campaign. there's a march through central london today, ahead of international women's day. the event began at city hall earlier as london mayor sadiq khan led the calls for gender equality in the uk and beyond. the bbc‘s jane frances—kelly spoke to annie lennox who is involved in the march. i'm very, very committed to being an advocate and campaigner for the rights of women and girls globally. so this event, which has been running for seven years now, gives us an opportunity to come together and to utterly amplify the message about the b

rami ruhayem, bbc news, hamam al—alil, south of mosul.nternational women's day. the event began at city hall earlier as london mayor sadiq khan led the calls for gender equality in the uk and beyond. the bbc‘s jane frances—kelly spoke to annie lennox who is involved in the march. i'm very, very committed to being an advocate and campaigner for the rights of women and girls globally. so this event, which has been running for seven years now, gives us an opportunity to come together and to utterly amplify the message about the bigger picture of feminism, really. i have spoken and i have given talks and i've tried to be, how could you say... a link between the experiences i've had in the developing world, pertaining to girls and women, and women here today, so they could understand maybe just a little bit better from my perspective what i feel that really means, and what is really required to lift up the living standards of girls that can't get access to decent schooling, they can't even go to primary school. the sexual and reproductive heal

this is the entrance to the hammam al alil refugee camp. as people start to arrive, the men and the women are separated, because they want to screen some of the men to make sure they aren't isis fighters or sympathisers. near a makeshift school, i meet 12—year—old mohammed. mohammed tells me first isis snipers killed his father, and then his mother, as they tried to get away. he fled here with his two brothers. the camp, now home for the orphans. hammam al alil is overflowing, and people are being asked to either go to one of the other camps or to east mosul. we travelled to the east, where injanuary, after a battle that lasted 100 days, the jihadis were driven out. on the side of the road in the east, omar, his wife, and two daughters of waiting for a relative to pick them up. in the dead of night, they left their homes and the fighting in west mosul. do you want isis gone from your city? translation: god will have revenge on isis, and those who helped isis enter the city. this is one of the bridges that leads to west mosul. here in the ea

rami ruhayem, bbc news, hamam al—alil, south of mosul.n redcar and raped by two men. detectives say the woman was with her toddler when she and the child were forced into the back of a car by the men. she taken four miles to yearby where she was raped, then dumped six hours later in another area of redcar. police are investigating whether the attackers knew the victim. a british man has been killed at a ranch in northern kenya. the man has been named locally as tristan voorspuy. the man was a father of two and a british cavalry veteran who ran a safari company. the attack is one of a number of violent attacks in the area in recent weeks between local residents and armed cattle herders searching for grazing. at a rally in paris, the centre right presidential candidate, francois fillon, has admitted to his supporters that he should not have asked his wife to work for him. mr fillon has repeatedly denied paying taxpayers' money to family members for little or no work. senior politicians in his party are due to discuss his continued candidacy

rami ruhayem, bbc news, hamam al—alil, south of mosul.lors who died during the d—day landings in 1944. the government is to contribute 21 million pounds to the monument, which will be built near the beaches of the normandy landings. robert hall reports. injune19li4, an estimated 21,000 members of the british armed forces and merchant navy, lost their lives as they fought alongside their allies to gain a foothold in occupied europe. among them was george batts, an 18—year—old royal engineer. there was roughly 1200 on each beach killed. plus god knows how many wounded and seriously. you can imagine the sights that it was on those beaches. in the 70 years since the landings, george and his fellow veterans have returned to the normandy beaches to remember the fallen, but there is no single memorial to the friends they lost. injune 2014, with just 500 members left, the normandy veterans association was disbanded but george batts campaigned for a memorial and now the government have backed that call. it is early days, but one possible designer

rami ruhayem, bbc news, hamam al—alil, south of mosul.on, ahead of international women's day. the event began at city hall earlier, to demand gender equality in the uk and beyond. the bbc‘s jane frances—kelly spoke to the activist bianca jagger who was involved in the march. it is important because i feel that in the 21st—century it is about time women have gender equality. in the uk, last year we had 37,000 rapes. that is more than we've had since records began in 2002, and we have an enormous amount of sexual assaults. it is time we call today for an end to violence against women and girls. the other thing i think is very important, that women and the rest of the world should care about, is the fact that there is an incredible pay gap and in the workforce in this country women are paid 18% less than men. in the us, that is 20%. in the eu, 16% and something. what they said in the report, is that it would probably take 170 years to close that gap. is it really acceptable, isn't it preposterous that we women cannot have equal pay? i'm call

this is the entrance to the hammam al—alil refugee camp.g people to the actual camp. as soon as people start to arrive, the men and the women are separated, because they want to screen some of the men to make sure that they aren't isis fighters or sympathisers. near a makeshift school, i meet 12—year—old mohammed. mohammed tells me first isis snipers killed his father, and then his mother, as they tried to get away. he fled here with his two brothers. the camp, now home for the orphans. hammam al—alil is overflowing and people are being asked to either go to one of the other camps or to east mosul. we travelled to the east, where, injanuary, after a bitter battle that lasted 100 days, the jihadis were driven out. 0n the side of the road in the east, 0mar, his wife and two daughters are waiting for a relative to pick them up. in the dead of night, they left their homes and the fighting in west mosul. do you want isis gone from your city? translation: god will have revenge on isis and those who helped isis enter the city. this is one of the b

as david campanale now reports, the hamam al alil refugee camp is approaching maximum capacity.tern mosul. an endless stream of thousands of people. these residents of iraq's second city have nothing on their feet. and un aid coordinators say they've escaped with nothing, no luggage and the bare minimum of clothes. inside the city, islamic state are using car bombs, suicide attackers and snipers to resist the iraqi army's advance. as battles rage in these residential areas, civilians are being forced out from their homes. but as they run, they must first evade the merciless tactics of islamic state fighters, who openly admit residents are useful to them as human shields. translation: we fled at night. families which are caught fleeing are beaten, the men executed and women are sent back home. we hardly managed to escape. iraqi government forces, backed by western allies, are making headway against the islamists, and are advancing north of a sprawling military base near the city's airport. but mosul has 750,000 inhabitants. those displaced by the fighting have to endure wet condi

this is the entrance to the hammam al—alil refugee camp.flowing and people are being asked to go to other camps or to east mosul. we travelled to the east where in january. after a bitter battle which lasted 100 days, thejihadis were driven out. on the side of the road in the east, omar his wife and two daughters are waiting for a relative to pick them up. in the dead of night, they left their homes and the fighting in west mosul. translation: the fighting was still happening. we didn‘t know what we were stepping on. sometimes even bodies. it was dark and our kids kept falling over. do you want isis gone from your city? translation: god will have revenge on isis and those who helped isis enter the city. this is one of the bridges that leads to west mosul. here in the east, life is starting to go back to normal. the traffic is slowing. people are coming out of their homes. it‘s hard to imagine that just a few weeks ago, isis was beheading people in these streets. everywhere you look, there is a constant reminder of the battle that was fought

my colleague yalda hakim is at the hammam al alil camp to the south of the city, where many of thoseriorating. just a few days ago we were told that the fighting has stopped and that is not the case, the operation continues and just behind me is where the front line is. it is also where people are escaping the fighting, they are then being brought, bus—loads of people to this camp, they are processed at the entrance, the men and the women are separated, the lot of the men are separated, the lot of the men are then screened to make sure that they are not isis fighters or sympathisers, and then, this is the place that they will call home for the foreseeable future, we don't know where this operation will end. as far as the eye can see, there are tents and many of the people here get 12 meals a day, it is much better, the situation that they were facing in the west but if you look at the current situation and where we are standing. we are standing in former isis headquarters which is now rubble, utter devastation and it is where the children spend most of the day. they have turned this

. —— hammam al—alil. they are wearing. last week, with very, very heavy rainfall and it muddy so people were in a grim situation. they arrived with nothing. the conditions were bad on the ground. the site is very overcrowded and fall. after the security screening for the men and boys, families are then taken by buses to other camps. many families don't want to leave, they want to stay at that site because it is about 20 kilometres from mosul and they prefer to be closer to where their homes are. unhcr is building a new camp adjacent to the current one and that should open this week and hopefully ease some congestion that the conditions have been difficult indeed. the choice they are faced with is impossible. in some ways it is not even a choice because the risks of staying are as great as the risks of staying are as great as the risks of staying are as great as the risks of trying to get out? absolutely. families have told us they are facing death or death. if they are facing death or death. if they stay,

. >> he can repudiate meryl streep and alil alec baldwin in a twee.n't repudiate david duke immediately. >> to steve king, though, is steve king's message the direction you want to see this republican party go? >> no, it's not. but the point i'm making is, we have to understand that the republican party, and a lot of people in this country feel that the illegal immigration problem is a major problem that's affected the economy, that is affecting jobs. >> paris, isn't it just as easy to say it like you're saying it? >> thank you. >> i'm not defending him. >> here is a guy who said that -- >> run off the list of your talking points. what i'm saying is -- let me finish. >> he said nobody has contributed anything to society except white people. >> what i'm saying is i wish the congressman would change the way he messages about something that a lot of people genuinely care about. now, what's going to be a rude awakening is the browning of america, more americans will look like me and less like maggie over here. margaret. >> i'm very comfortable with maggie

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